[Congressional Bills 114th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4631 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4631 To amend the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make value-added agricultural product market development grants to support the development, production, or marketing of alcoholic beverages and to rescind a portion of the Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for such grants. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2016 Mr. Russell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make value-added agricultural product market development grants to support the development, production, or marketing of alcoholic beverages and to rescind a portion of the Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for such grants. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act''. SEC. 2. VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. (a) Exclusion of Alcohol Products From Definition.--Section 231(a)(5) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a(a)(5)) is amended by adding below subparagraph (B) the following: ``The term `value-added agricultural product' does not include beer, wine, distilled spirits, hard cider, or other alcohol product.''. (b) Rescission.--Of the funds made available under section 231(b)(7)(A) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)(7)(A)) to the Secretary of Agriculture to make value-added agricultural product market development grants and unobligated as of the date of the enactment of this Act, $8,000,000 is hereby rescinded. <all>